i have a pair of the billet blower shop intercoolers to go under my 1071's. what options are there for replacement of the cores? alum or coppernicke or are there more options? what are the pros and cons and whats the diff in price? thx, ratman

Whaz up Ratman its me Cave.

Three years ago I got the richard lees with the
whipple cupranickel cores. They are more durable
a higher melting point then the alumminum.
Beleave it?? They can melt. according to Dustins site
they produce better chilling due to the metal used.
copper being a better conductor/ dissipator then alluminum.

Randy at Cobra just informed me that the aluminum cores
actualy produce better Hp on the dyno.

With this recent info I can only say what I have I would use
again and until I can actualy compare the two myself
I dont know.

Maybe some Engine builders like JC, Mesa, Mrhorsepower1
can shed some light.

Gerry

My exact thoughts

Give KE a call. He does a core that is less restrictive, a two pass design, cooper/nickel and supposedly more durable.

Ratman,

We only make an aluminum core for our intercooler. However, K.E. / Hardin marine makes a cooper-nickle replacement core that fits our housing. We have found the same thing that the aluminum core makes more power, but the cooper-nickle is much more durable. We have not personally tested the K.E. core ourselves, so I can't give you any info on it's efficiency. I am sure if you called K.E. they could provide that info for you.

Hope this help,
Ron Hayes
The Blower Shop